Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD
Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics, Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
CHOP
Cherry Hill, NJ
Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
CHOP, PSOM
Philadelphia, PA
Kimberly J Mason, MSN, CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Glenside, PA
Abstract: Caring for children during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of ethical challenges to be addressed by the panelists. When children suffer from COVID-19, or the multi-system inflammatory response sometimes associated with it, how should unapproved therapies be used and what sort of oversight is appropriate for innovative approaches outside the research context? (Feudtner) How can the impact of the pandemic best be mitigated for pediatric patients suffering from other diseases and conditions, including considerations related to hospital visitation policies and delays in care? (Mason) Finally, as we consider promising COVID-19 vaccines, how should we go about ethically including children in vaccine research? (Joffe)
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Sponsored by the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
Location and Address
Online